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Creating a Healthy Workplace

With the rising costs of healthcare and group health insurance, more and more attention is being focused on employee wellness. Healthier employees mean less absenteeism, fewer medical needs and ultimately lower medical costs and health insurance premiums.

Initially, programs were launched to encourage employees to live a healthier lifestyle by eating better and exercising to lose weight; by quitting smoking; by decreasing alcohol consumption; and finding ways to reduce stress.

Professionals now realize that additionally an important facet of any employee wellness program is to create a healthy workplace.

Creating the healthy workplace includes good health management on site, active group wellness activities, a supportive environment for employee wellness programs, and open communications systems. Read the rest of this entry »

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Health Care Now

According to answers.com, the definition of health care as a noun is:

“The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.”

As an adjective, health care is defined as:

“Of or relating to health care: the health care industry.”

So, as you can see, it includes a wide range of health related topics ranging from your personal health care to health insurance plans and medical service providers.

Just how much do you know about your health care related issues?

Cigna has teamed up with the Water for People Organization to create a game that lets you test how much you know about your health care. When you answer three questions correctly, you help provide a days worth of water to children in developing countries.

My first question was:

What is bruxism? Do you know the answer?

• Tooth grinding
• Thumb sucking
• Fear of the dentist
• Root canal

I correctly answered “Tooth grinding” and was on my way to helping to provide a days worth of water.

Won’t you take a moment to test your health care knowledge, learn something you didn’t know previously and help provide clean water for students in developing countries?

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